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The Abbey of Montglane

Author:Art LaFrana
Genres:Historical
Horror
Released:1993
License:Shareware
Review:

This game answers the question, "What if The Name of the Rose had been written by H. P. Lovecraft?" The year is 1347. The famous Abbey has burned down mysteriously, and you are sent by the Pope to investigate and, with any luck, to retrieve the treasures hidden there. As you do so, you discover the site's dark secrets. The game is just brimming over with atmosphere. Unfortunately, the parser is very weak and some of the puzzles rather obscure. Gameplay is organized into chapters, with one major puzzle per chapter. A weird one, and deserving of a better game engine.

Rating: ***

Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (30 Jun 2000)

Related Links:SPAG review
Downloads:
abbey.zip (49.99 KB)
MS-DOS executable (version: 1.1)
abbey.sol (6.98 KB)
solution


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